The Future of Domains ...

[HiSoC8Y]

Well,

Tell us what do you think is gonna happen in the next 1-3 years?


Do you think Prices will go up?

Do you think people will go for alternative names if the ones they want are taken?

How much of your domains do you renew? 10%, 50%, all?

Do you think the more extensions being released will price up your .com, .net or .org or will reduce it?

well, send your comments, it will be nice to have a discussion running with this specific topic "Future of domain names & domainers"

I'm sure at some point everyone would ask this question.

see ya

 

[Dotmainer]

Well,

Tell us what do you think is gonna happen in the next 1-3 years?

European Union will get some new members. .Asia domains will come. More and more cars will drive with Hybrid Technology.

Do you think Prices will go up?

Of course, there is always an inflation.

Do you think people will go for alternative names if the ones they want are taken?

No, they just give it up with internet

How much of your domains do you renew? 10%, 50%, all?

100%, but i think some of them i will sell.

Do you think the more extensions being released will price up your .com, .net or .org or will reduce it?

Depends on extensions.

 

[Ronald Regging]

I'm hoping cyborgs will take over and enslave the human race, installing neural interface connections that will allow us to connect to the internet and eliminate the need for domains, because cybernetic telepathy is far more powerful!

Yeah, thats the stuff.

 

[Phronesis]

I'm hoping cyborgs will take over and enslave the human race, installing neural interface connections that will allow us to connect to the internet and eliminate the need for domains, because cybernetic telepathy is far more powerful!

Yeah, thats the stuff.

What he said.

Oh yeah, plus: I predict prices will level off for ordinary names - perhaps even head south as we move into a period of economic cooling later this year. Inflation has little-to-nothing to do with domain prices. Given the fact that such a huge % of domain sales is domainer-domainer, there'll come a point where people realize that prices are just too high.

However...type-in traffic / revenue names are like dividend paying stocks. I see the valuations staying in the same ballpark - held aloft by the fact that these names generate serious cash. Though at this point, it doesn't seem like domainers are willing to part with high quality generics for less than 12+ years revenue.

 

[-REECE-]

What he said.

Oh yeah, plus: I predict prices will level off for ordinary names - perhaps even head south as we move into a period of economic cooling later this year. Inflation has little-to-nothing to do with domain prices. Given the fact that such a huge % of domain sales is domainer-domainer, there'll come a point where people realize that prices are just too high.

However...type-in traffic / revenue names are like dividend paying stocks. I see the valuations staying in the same ballpark - held aloft by the fact that these names generate serious cash.

Well said, I agree.

 

[mysmallboutique]

i guess, .com domains will go high with prices as most search engines now still go around .com and not other extensions.

it will continue to go up untill in near future, newer and more powerful search engines are developed to look for other extensions.and then it will be quite a saturated market.

hahaha i dont know what am i talking about too

 

[Ronald Regging]

However...type-in traffic / revenue names are like dividend paying stocks. I see the valuations staying in the same ballpark - held aloft by the fact that these names generate serious cash. Though at this point, it doesn't seem like domainers are willing to part with high quality generics for less than 12+ years revenue.

High quality generics are a valuation paradox. The issue arises from exactly the fact that domainers are basing the value on revenue and not on the inherit value of the domain to an end user. This becomes an issue because as most of us have experienced, PPC payouts are decreasing, yet, the cost to advertise for these same terms is increasing. In the next few years, people who own these domains are going to need to switch their valuation system completely and move away from basing it on the revenue they receive to the savings in advertising it will provide to an end user. Some people will not do this, because it's a bit more speculative to turn down good offers while waiting for the new system to take hold. So this will create a window of opportunity where good deals can be had for those with the money to invest.

And cyborgs

 

[cache]

hoping LLLL.com will be priced higher than LLL.com +

 

[Chapel]

i think eventually extensions won't matter that much. (excluding .com's) eventually extensions will be like area codes in phone numbers, we'll just get used to them. cctld's will blend in with the rest (probably never completely).

where we used to typein something.com then try something.cctld we will type one or two more extensions before we type in google.com/cctld and type in our keyword.

The keyword is and will always be the most powerful part of the domain, after that the rest is just geography (except .com). These changes wont happen over night but they will or are already happening.

As we are finding out - it is the keywords that are selling and the domain extension is a secondary consideration. A big consideration but secondary nonetheless.

 

[jeffusa]

I believe as the market gets more saturated a lot of domainers will get burnt and a lot of prices will go down. However, there are a lot of high quality domain names and I expect the prices to hold and/or continue to go up. I expect to see more interest in .net .biz and .us names as people look for alternatives and are unwilling to pay high prices.